APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS
I have the opportunity to replace an aging UPS with a new APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS one. My question is if anyone here has ever used this device under FreeBSD. APC does not have, or at least I couldn't find any, software for a FreeBSD system. Without the software, the unit is basically useless. I Googled and found an old message regarding FreeBSD and a similar UPS http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-October/062543.html dated 10/2004. Are those issues still relevant? According to http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/#freebsd I need to insure that this is a SmartUPS The unit I am looking at does not qualify. I might add that my present unit is connected to a Windows machine. I intend to replace that one and hook up both PCs to it. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Error messages when booting up machine and starting KDE
I have observed these messages being written to the system log when initially booting up the machine and then starting KDE. Oct 6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper) Oct 6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Oct 6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Oct 6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' Oct 6 08:16:09 scorpio console-kit-daemon[5917]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed: Oct 6 08:17:32 scorpio console-kit-daemon[5917]: WARNING: Error waiting for native console 1 activation: Device not configured Oct 6 08:18:13 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UPower' (using servicehelper) Oct 6 08:18:13 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower' Oct 6 08:18:14 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper) Oct 6 08:18:14 scorpio org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper: QDBusConnection: system D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. Oct 6 08:18:14 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' Oct 6 08:18:20 scorpio kernel: pid 6286 (kwin_opengl_test), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) Oct 6 08:18:40 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper) Oct 6 08:18:40 scorpio org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper: QDBusConnection: system D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. Oct 6 08:18:40 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' Oct 6 08:18:46 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp0' doesn't support full duplex Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp1' doesn't support full duplex Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp2' doesn't support full duplex Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp3' doesn't support full duplex Oct 6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp6' doesn't support full duplex Oct 6 08:18:56 scorpio pulseaudio[6352]: pid.c: Daemon already running. I am particularly interested in the two WARNING messages (5 6); the core dump (item 12); the timed out (item 16) and the last one, although that one appears to be harmless. Is there something I should be doing to correct these apparent problems? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Voice Mail required QuickTime
I have a voice mail account with Time Warner Cable. I can access the account from my home telephone, Windows PC, etcetera, but not from my FreeBSD machine. This error message pops up when I try to play the recording on the web site: To play audio online, you must have QuickTime Player installed. How can I make this work from my FreeBSD machine? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pkg_create: corrupted record for package
When running portmaster, I have run into this problem with a few ports: === Creating a backup package for old version kdeartwork-4.10.5 pkg_create: corrupted record for package kdeartwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_delete: corrupted record for package kdeartwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I have tried rebuilding the port several times, but the problem still remains. The ports with this problem are, when using pkg_version: pkg_version: corrupted record for package kactivitymanagerd-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record for package kalzium-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record for package kde-workspace-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdenetwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdeplasma-addons-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdetoys-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I have not found a way to eliminate this problem and Google apparently has not been of much help either. I am open to suggestions. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_create: corrupted record for package
On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:56:20 +0200 Alexandre articulated: Have you tried this? # portmaster --check-depends Yes, it ran to completion but fixed nothing. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Updating texlive-base with portupgrade fails (sort of)
Using portupgrade-devel-20130718,3 installed from the ports system, attempting to update texlive-base always ends like this: --- Build of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:25 -0400 (consumed 00:11:57) --- Updating dependency info --- Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS --- Upgrade of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 (consumed 00:12:00) --- Session ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 (consumed 00:12:19) /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:828: stack level too deep (SystemStackError) I have attempted to reboot the system and then start the update process; however it doesn't make any difference. Even though it appears as if the port has been updated, when I run pkgdb -aFv, I am greeted with this: [...] Checking texlive-base-20120701_7 Checking texlive-full-20120701 Stale dependency: texlive-full-20120701 - texlive-base-20120701_8 (print/texlive-base): Disclose depends for texlive-full-20120701 --- Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS Fixed. (- texlive-base-20120701_7) [...] This is the only package that portupgrade seems to be chocking on. I used portupgrade to initially install the complete texlive package, so I am not sure why it is suddenly have problems. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
slapd failing to start after update
I ran portupgrade last night to upgrade my ports. It upgraded both openldap24-server and openldap24-client. Now, the server refuses to start. Upon reboot, I get this message: slapd failed to start. I went to the rc.d directory and tried to start it manually, but that failed also. I do not know where the log file, if one even exists, is so I might be able to find out what the problem is. I tried to manually deinstall and reinstall both ports and it went off without a hitch so I assume that they are properly installed. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: slapd failing to start after update
On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:05:02 -0400 Carmel articulated: I ran portupgrade last night to upgrade my ports. It upgraded both openldap24-server and openldap24-client. Now, the server refuses to start. Upon reboot, I get this message: slapd failed to start. I went to the rc.d directory and tried to start it manually, but that failed also. I do not know where the log file, if one even exists, is so I might be able to find out what the problem is. I tried to manually deinstall and reinstall both ports and it went off without a hitch so I assume that they are properly installed. Never mind, I found the problem. For the second time in the past several months, the database had become corrupt when I updated it via portupgrade. I discovered it when I ran this command: /usr/local/libexec/slapd -Tt I guess it was a good thing that I had a recent backup. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to build DOC ports
:24: error: previous declaration of 'kpathsea_version_string' was here gmake: *** [filesrch.o] Error 1 *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/ports/print/freetype-tools. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/print/latex-cjk. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/chinese/docproj. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/chinese/docproj. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/docproj. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/misc/freebsd-doc-en. All of the doc ports end similarly. Obviously I am doing something wrong. How do I go about rectifying it? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Starting with ZFS on fresh install
I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC. One will handle the /var partition and the other everything else. The last FBSD installer I used was on the 7.x branch. Does the new installer in the 9.x branch handle that automatically? Would it be advantageous to run something like FreeDOS to remove the existing partition information, etcetera and then reformat the dives? They are currently formatted in Microsoft's NTFS format. Also, for the 9.1 branch, I read that I have to run: # /usr/sbin/pkg To bootstrap the system. I also need to place: WITH_PKGNG= yes in the /etc/rc.conf file. I am slightly confused with the this: Existing FreeBSD installations require conversion of the pkg_install package database to the new format. To convert the package database, run: # pkg2ng This step is not required for new installations that do not have third-party software installed. If when I do the initial installation and include Bash for instance, does that mean I have to run that command? What happens if I run it and it is not actually required? Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
KDE Mouse Themes
I have KDE version 4.8.4 (4.8.4) installed on a FreeBSD-8.3 system. I have tried reading through the KDE documentation; however, I cannot find the setting on my system to change the mouse theme(s). According to the KDE documentation, the settings tab that should exist under settings does not. Is there some special package I have to install to get this ability? I cannot seem to find anything that specifically relates to this problem in the ports tree. I can do this so easily in an MS Windows environment, yet now I am just wasting time trying to do something that should be simple and intuitive. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: KDE Mouse Themes
On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:09:10 -0600 ajtiM articulated: Do you have: System Settings - Input Devices - and there are Keyboard, Mouse and Remote control. Yes, and there is suppose to be a themes setting according to the KDE documentation; however, there is none. I have checked under every item setting in system settings for one. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
SMS application
Can anyone recommend a good SMS application that works on FreeBSD? I have used several different ones on MS Windows; however, I cannot find one that works on FreeBSD. There doesn't appear to be a fully functional one in the ports system either, although I might have missed it. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question
I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could give me a quick answer. I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an organization. The format should be as shown here: Article I Name Bla-bla section 1 section 2 Article II Members And so on. I can accomplish this easily in MS Word; however, I have not been able to find a way to make Latex use Article as opposed to Chapter in its heading. I have to use Article I have Googled for over a day without success. I find it very strange that Latex doesn't have an \article definition like \section and \chapter. Is there any way to do this or am I stuck with MS Word. BTW, I did investigate the titlesec package, but I did not see a way to accomplish it. Thanks -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:08:47 +0400
Boris Samorodov articulated:
20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет:
I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could
give me a quick answer.
I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an
organization. The format should be as shown here:
Article I
Name
Bla-bla
section 1
section 2
Article II
Members
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Article}
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
Thank you. I tried thechapter and \chapter. It never occurred to me
to use \chaptername. I couldn't find any documentation on it either,
although I was certain that it could be done. I am surprised that there
is not a fixed style for that in Latex. Article is commonly used in
legal documents.
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Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question
On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:48:01 -1000
Open Slate articulated:
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Boris Samorodov b...@passap.ru
wrote:
20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет:
I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone
could give me a quick answer.
I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for
an organization. The format should be as shown here:
Article I
Name
Bla-bla
section 1
section 2
Article II
Members
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Article}
\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
This sort of worked for me, but still had problems. 1) my Latex starts
chapters on a new page, which may or may not fit the bill. 2) In Lyx
the chapter command wants a title; I could not get just Article I.
I'm sure both of these are fixable, Latex can do virtually anything.
Use this to suppress the one chapter per page occurrence.
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\makeatother
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Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:15:17 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar articulated: 1) There's a _reason_ the gov't requires hard drives with anthing higher than 'somewhat' classified data on them to be =physically= destroyed before leving the secure area. no. for modern hard drives it was already proved that dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk bs=1m is enough to make data unreadable. for very old drives it may not Would you be so kind as to point out the proof of that statement? Please provide an address or location where the documentation supporting that statement can be found. By the way, NOT READABLE is not equal to UNRECOVERABLE. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:49:50 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar articulated: Otherwise, you may run the danger of building a wall around yourself. everyone should judge by his/her own brain which opinions are right. Actually in every moment i try to encourage EVERYONE to turn on his/her brain that we all have but rarely use. To be ever able to use ones brain properly all widely known truth, standard practices etc.. should be forgotten at least for a moment. Citation needed examples please. Mantras are always against clear thinking and understanding. I don't think you understand the meaning of the word mantras. The most important repeated mantra i am righting is that FreeBSD (or any Free unix) should be easier to newbies. Citation needed. This already killed linux long time ago, NetBSD too, and going to kill FreeBSD. Really, I must have missed the funeral. Most of newbies are not the ones that are likely to learn anything. They want click-click interface to install and run something so they can add FreeBSD knowledge to their CV. That statement goes beyond stupid. At some point, everyone is a newbie. If your statement is to be taken at face value, then the majority of new users would, according to you, never bother to learn anything. You might want to try and back that up with some verifiable facts. Furthermore, in regards to your click-click interface statement, the Ubuntu operating system is gaining traction everyday. Everyone is not locked into the c.1990's. They can do ONLY harm to FreeBSD. Citation needed. Some get hired and results in problems described in thread Help solving the sysadm's nightmare for the man hired after them.. While it is not a case here, I have seen few people on other lists to do the same just because they were not able to comprehend a topic discussed, and in frustration they killfiled the person involved. I have witnessed your posts on Dovecot being ridiculed as nothing more than TROLLing. it's still nothing wrong to add a rule to redirect someones (mine) mail to /dev/null, but the way they do this: - showing whole world they do this - showing whole world their .procmailrc (so happy they finally learnt procmail?) - performing personal attacks every time they disagree. procmail -- really? While everyone is free to use what ever solution they find advantageous, I would certainly not recommend procmail. Procmail is widely used on Unix-based systems and stable, but no longer maintained. Many users have switched to maildrop. Personally, I prefer sieve with Dovecot. Just a personal preference and yet far more robust. Doesn't look like serious people's behavior. Your actions mimic that of a TROLL. You make blanket statements sans any verifiable proof or documentation; i.e. dd being the ultimate disk recovery utility or its ability to absolutely, positively erase any HD without any possibility of it being recovered. I can understand why informed users might block you. I think I will be following their lead. It seems that you have managed to annoy, infuriate and offend users on at least two lists, this one and Dovecot, and I am sure several others as well. At least you have a perfect batting average. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Format a USB flash drive using gpart
On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:36:36 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block articulated: On Sat, 7 Jul 2012, Carmel wrote: This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I want to erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2 file system. Yes, gpart will work with pretty much any storage device. If you want the drive to be bootable, it needs boot blocks. This is easier with GPT than MBR. For an 8G drive: # gpart create -s gpt da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-boot -s 512k da0 # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -b 1M -s 7G da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap da0 # newfs -U /dev/da0p2 Thanks Warren, you win the prize for the most detailed answer. Polytropon gave me the easiest answer if I just want to use the drive as a simple storage device; however, if at some point I actually want to go beyond that your answer is what I would require. Interestingly enough, I searched through the man pages and FreeBSD help but never came across anything that specifically addressed flash drive. Perhaps I was just not looking hard enough. Perhaps, and I know that this will offend some purists, but a nice GUI that would do what your instructions detail above would be helpful. There is no way that I am going to remember all of those instructions in six months time. Just my 2¢. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
GUI for gpart
I have heard, although I never personally saw it, a GUI for gpart I heard that there exists one for Linux. Is there any comparable one for FreeBSD and comparable with KDE? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Format a USB flash drive using gpart
This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I want to erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2 file system. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
npviewer error
I am running FreeBSD-8.3 STABLE amd64. I continually see this error message in the /var/log/messages file: (npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 not implemented The program crashes continually also. I have tried doing an RR without favorable results. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be or where I should escalate the problem to? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pulseaudio error message
The message log on my machine is filling up with this error message: Jun 6 11:36:55 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 11:36:58 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 11:59:54 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Sometimes only one or two lines are written and at others it is four or five lines. Can anyone tell me exactly what is transpiring here? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with SSL ans net/sendemail
Error message: invalid SSL_version specified at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/IO/Socket/SSL.pm line 308 This is generated by the sendEmail program. The net/sendemail port compiled with SSL support. make showconfig === The following configuration options are available for sendEmail-1.56: SSL=on Enable SSL support This was working fine until today. This all started after a reboot of the system. ssh -V OpenSSH_5.4p1_hpn13v11 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.1a 19 Apr 2012 It appears I have two different versions of OpenSSL installed. I deliberately installed the newer version and placed this in the /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes I have no idea what happened or how to correct this problem. I tried rebuilding Perl and the two ports listed in the sendemail port and the sendemail port itself without a satisfactory result. By the way, I noticed that OpenSSH 6.0 was released April 22, 2012. Are there any plans to get that into the ports system, or better yet, replace the aging base system? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with npviewer.bin
I am continuing to have a problem with certain flash videos not displaying with Firefox on FreeBSD-8.3. I have discovered numerous messages like this in the system log file. May 10 07:59:04 scorpio kernel: linux: pid 96942 (npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 not implemented I have also discovered: npviewer.bin.core files in my HOME directory. Is there something that I can do to correct this problem? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Video not view-able
I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content was not view-able. Example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fbsrc=spcomm_ref=false There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click, etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many sites. It cannot be a simple blame Microsoft thing since these sites work under Firefox when used in MS Windows. Does anyone have a possible solution? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Video not view-able
On Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100 RW articulated: On Tue, 8 May 2012 15:09:26 -0400 Carmel wrote: I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content was not view-able. Example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fbsrc=spcomm_ref=false There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click, etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many sites. It cannot be a simple blame Microsoft thing since these sites work under Firefox when used in MS Windows. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but it works just fine for me. It's a bit anecdotal, but I've had fewer problems with flash video since upgrading to modern hardware a year ago. Define modern hardware. The Windows machine is actually older then the FreeBSD one. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
On Sun, 6 May 2012 04:25:52 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block articulated: On Sun, 6 May 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote: All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless. It's the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some interface. As your network interface is via a PCI device, I can't see why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477 may be relevant. It's on 9-stable, I haven't compared with 8.3. Warren, I posted an addendum to that PR to indicate that the behavior is also occurring on 8.3 systems as well. Do you think it would be prudent to open a new PR with my info since it concerns FreeBSD-8.3 STABLE and not the 9.0 branch? I was also wondering if anyone other than myself is seeing this phenomenon on the 8.3 version. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
On Sun, 06 May 2012 10:48:31 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote: I just updated my system to FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0 from version 8.2. I was getting warning messages regarding webcamd at boot-up; however, I got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load=YES in the loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable=YES in the rc.conf file. I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the 8.3 version somehow requires it. What's happening is that 8.3 has introduced more comprehensive support for a wider range of USB devices. It's just picking up on the presence of a webcam now and suggesting software that could manage it. You don't need to enable the webcam at all: the kernel will recognise it as a webcam from its built-in identifying codes, but unless you enable some software to deal with it, it won't be able to do anything. While that may well be true, it does clutter up the boot-up process with a lot of sinister if only benign looking warning messages. There should be a way to silence them or at least make the warning message less sinister looking. Something like: webcamd present but not enabled like is done for other devices. This usually shows up with USB ethernet devices suddenly appearing and cluttering up ifconfig(8) output -- unlike webcams, ethernet interfaces generally do have kernel level support automatically enabled. devd will try and run dhclient on the interface to configure it, which I guess is where your extra dhclent invocation is coming from. It is possible to turn this behaviour off by adding something like: hint.usb.0.disabled=1 into /boot/loader.conf but this is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, as that turns off that usb bus entirely. (Warning: This may well have deleterious effects on your ability to use a keyboard or mouse with the system: use cautiously. Also, change that '0' to the appropriate bus number if you need to) I think I will skip the sledgehammer technique for now. Thanks for the suggestion though. :) dhclient is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and again at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I am still confused as to why devd wants to start webcamd devd only wants to start webcamd because you've installed the webcamd software including /usr/local/etc/devd/webcamd.conf If you pkg_delete the webcamd stuff and then restart devd, it won't try starting up webcamd any more. I don't think removing it is really an option: pkg_info -R webcamd-3.5.0.2 Information for webcamd-3.5.0.2: Required by: gstreamer-plugins-all-1.3.0.10.1_12 gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.30,3 kde-4.7.4_1 kde-workspace-4.7.4_1 kdeartwork-4.7.4_1 kdenetwork-4.7.4_2 kdeplasma-addons-4.7.4_1 kdetoys-4.7.4_1 kdeutils-4.7.4_2 phonon-gstreamer-4.5.1 qt4-4.7.4 qt4-qtconfig-4.7.4 Interestingly enough, I never had webcamd initiated in the /etc/rc.conf file and never received a warning message about it having to be initialized until the update to FreeBSD-8.3. I am not sure if this should be considered a BUG or what. It doesn't appear that any of the software that requires it to be installed also require it to be running at boot-up. I don't even know who, if anyone, I should report this behavior to. All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless. It's the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some interface. As your network interface is via a PCI device, I can't see why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it. There does appear to be a PR listed against this behavior as noted in Warren's post on this thread. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477 Thanks for your assistance Matthew. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
kernel configuration file
In the Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64, if I do not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry? # Floppy drives device fdc Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a floppy drive? Also, according the the webcamd documentation, I need to have this in the loader.conf file. webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): cuse4bsd_load=YES Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a: device cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel configuration file
On Sun, 6 May 2012 08:08:31 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi articulated: Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote; In the Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64, if I do not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry? # Floppy drives device fdc Definitely, yes. Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a floppy drive? device atapifd obviouly. :) Thanks, I had not noticed that one. Also, according the the webcamd documentation, I need to have this in the loader.conf file. webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): cuse4bsd_load=YES Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a: device cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that. The simplest approach for this is 'try it and find out'. If you use the traditional kernel-huild 'Configure/make depend/make' sequence, to rebuild the kernel -only-, its a matter of one minute or so on a _slow_ (486-class) machine. you'll either get a Configure error, a linker error, or it 'just works'. OK, now you lost me. I use the following basic sequence: make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL make installkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL make installworld I am sorry, but I am not fully comprehending what commands you want me to enter. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel configuration file
On Sun, 06 May 2012 14:58:39 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: cuse4bsd is a third party module. This means that the sources aren't available as part of the base system, so making work as compiled-in code in the kernel will require you to create patches for your kernel source tree. Not impossible, but not trivial either. I don't know if hps@ has any plans to import it into the base system (I doubt it though), but it would only appear a few releases down the line even if he did. Thanks Matthew, that answered my question. It would seem that importing that module in the base system would be a wise idea; however, that decision is not mine to make. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
I just updated my system to FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0 from version 8.2. I was getting warning messages regarding webcamd at boot-up; however, I got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load=YES in the loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable=YES in the rc.conf file. I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the 8.3 version somehow requires it. I am still receiving an error message regarding dhclient. This is an snippet of the screen logging at boot-up: nfe0: link state changed to DOWN Starting dhclient. nfe0: no link nfe0: link state changed to UP got link DHCPREQUEST on nfe0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 43200 seconds. Starting Network: lo0 nfe0. lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 nd6 options=3PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV nfe0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 options=82008VLAN_MTU,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE ether 00:19:21:5d:34:de inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex,flowcontrol,rxpause,t xpause) status: active add net :::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1 add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1nfe0: link state changed to DOWN Starting devd. Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[0] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[1] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[2] to cuse unit -1 Starting ums0 moused. Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.4[0] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.4[1] to cuse unit -1 dhclient already running? (pid=435). dhclient is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and again at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I am still confused as to why devd wants to start webcamd All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How to handle postgresql82-client vulnerability
I am working on an older machine that has postgresql-client-8.2.23 installed. I have the following information regarding the program: $ pkg_info -R postgresql-client-8.2.23 Information for postgresql-client-8.2.23: Required by: koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7 postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2 Attempting to build the program produces this error: === postgresql-client-8.2.23 is forbidden: Vulnerable http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql82-client. I cannot find anything in the UPDATING or MOVED files that details how to deal with this. Would something like: portupgrade -o databases/postgresql90-client postgresql82-client be the proper way to handle this problem? Would I then have to rebuild koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7 and postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2 to insure that everything works correctly? Thanks! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink.
FreeBSD-8.2 STABLE In the /var/log/messages log file, I have noticed the follow error message: Mar 13 07:25:01 savage pulseaudio[11763]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Similar messages are dispersed throughout the log. I never noticed these before and I do check out the messages file on a semi-regular basis. Is there something wrong here or can I safely disregard the message? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 + Arthur Chance articulated: On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 Adam Vande More articulated: Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. Alexander Leidinger has written a couple of blog posts on getting Sony TVs working with FBSD. Take a look at this and the related posts: http://www.leidinger.net/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/ I did some checking. Win7, all versions, have support built into it. Apparently Vista and WinXP were updated with support via the Microsoft Update system. I have to admit, that does make for a very user friendly environment. Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly. I am still studying how to make FreeBSD similarly user friendly. Thanks for the link. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:45:36 +0100 Polytropon articulated: //* OFFLIST On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:39:08 -0400, Carmel wrote: Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly. This has changed with the upcoming version of their Windows. Check out this video and have a good laugh. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/a-real-user-proves-windows-8-fails-on-the-desktop-20120312/ ;-) Ah yes, your basic FUD rubbish. Win8 has not even been released. Many of the features are still in a state of flux. Complaining about something in an unreleased version of Windows is like complaining that FreeBSD-10 is a failure because (you fill in the blank). When it is released, then proper comparisons can be made. BTW, I read on another blog by a typical MS Hater that he hated the new interface because the mouse was no longer usable in the system. It turns out the genius was not aware of how to enable or disable the mouse. And yes, the idiot is a charter member of slashdot. Go figure ... In addition, I really do not appreciate your trolling. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or videos. By marking the folders shared in Windows, these folders are available on these TVs. I have found no way to accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 Adam Vande More articulated: Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Status of linuxprinting.org
Does anyone know if this site: http://www.linuxprinting.org/ is down permanently? I has been off line for several weeks now. The friendly message greets a visitor to that site: *** * This site is down for maintenance. We will be restoring service * * shortly. Thank you for your patience. * * * * The Linux Foundation* *** That message has been in place for quite some time now. I was hoping to find a specific printer driver there. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Configuring IPFW
I am attempting to set up a firewall using IPFW with a stateful behavior. While I have investigated how to set up these rules, I have run into conflicting opinions as to whether to all or deny established behavior. EXAMPLE: (preceded by a checkstate rule) allow tcp from any to any established Some documentation states that it should be denied and others say it should be allowed. Neither has given me a convincing reason to follow either scenario or any real documentation either for that fact. If possible, could someone with some real firewall knowledge and familiarity with IPFW please give me some advice. Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problems after updating KDE
I have had numerous problems after updating to the latest KDE version. For starters, I lost my desktop and only had a blank (black) screen when starting up. I did manage to figure out how to correct that, but numerous other problems exist. For starters: 1) The (ALT)+(TAB) key no longer works. It doesn't switch between applications or anything. 2) I lost my desktop configuration completely. I have tried to restore it but I cannot find a way to add a URL shortcut to the desktop. There is no option in the menu, or at least none that I can find. 3) I use to use a (CTRL)(ALT)(V) combination to activate the klipper clipboard. That no longer works. In fact, virtually all of my shortcut keys have vanished. To the best of my knowledge I followed the directions in the UPDATINg file correctly. Portmaster bombed out twice so I had to resort to using portupgrade to complete the task. This command always fails: ortmaster -o net/linphone-base ortp With this error: === linphone-base-3.2.1_1,1 conflicts with installed package(s): ortp-0.13.0_1 So I guess I will have to delete both packages and start over. I am just not sure which package to delete. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
After attempting to use portmaster to update the KDE port, I am receiving repeated error messages when running the command: pkg_version -vIL= The error message: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:58:45 +0200 Johan Hendriks articulated: Carmel schreef: After attempting to use portmaster to update the KDE port, I am receiving repeated error messages when running the command: pkg_version -vIL= The error message: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem. run portmaster --check-depends. You will find the dependencies that no longer exist. I did that but it failed to correct the problem. I am now running pkgdb -L. When it completes I will see if the problem still exists. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with Samba
I probably should be asking this on the Samba forum; however, I thought I would start here. A few days ago the Samba shares on my FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine stopped showing up on my Windows machines. All of them to be precise. I removed all of the old Samba logs after having shut it down and then restarted it. This error message is being printed in the log.nmdb file: [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO20 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO20 on subnet 192.168.1.101 [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO03 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO03 on subnet 192.168.1.101 [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO00 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO00 on subnet 192.168.1.101 This only started a few days ago. I do need to get this network back up however. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with Samba (SOLVED)
I discover the problem. A soon to be former employee decided to change the name of the router to the same name as the FreeBSD server. Why, I do not know. Once I discovered this, I reverted the name to its original state, rebooted the router and all is well. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing using CUPS
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 06:59:42 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: El día Friday, September 30, 2011 a las 04:57:14PM -0400, Carmel escribió: I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD machine. CUPS detects the printer: Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW Location: Local Printer Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing) Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1 Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a self text page from CUPS. However, I cannot print a test page from within CUPS, nor can I print anything from any other application. I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try next. While configuring the printer in CUPS, have you used some PPD file? If so, check the PPD file which filter it will use. Set also the LogLevel to 'debug' in cupsd.conf, print a text file and check the messages in CUPS' log file. This is the beginning of the *.ppd file: *% *% Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd. *% Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *% *% General Information Keywords *FormatVersion: 4.3 *FileVersion: 1.1.3 *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: MFC9560W.PPD *Manufacturer: Brother *Product: (MFC-9560CDW) *1284DeviceID: MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsManualCopies: false *cupsFilter: application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw *cupsModelNumber: 4 *ModelName: Brother MFC-9560CDW *ShortNickName: MFC-9560CDW *NickName: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *PSVersion: (3010.106) 3 There is no brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw file located on this unit if that is what you are looking for. This has really got me stumped. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing using CUPS
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:19:15 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: El día Saturday, October 01, 2011 a las 08:08:59AM -0400, Carmel escribió: This is the beginning of the *.ppd file: *% *% Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd. *% Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *% *% General Information Keywords *FormatVersion: 4.3 *FileVersion: 1.1.3 *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: MFC9560W.PPD *Manufacturer: Brother *Product: (MFC-9560CDW) *1284DeviceID: MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsManualCopies: false *cupsFilter: application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw *cupsModelNumber: 4 *ModelName: Brother MFC-9560CDW *ShortNickName: MFC-9560CDW *NickName: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *PSVersion: (3010.106) 3 There is no brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw file located on this unit if that is what you are looking for. This has really got me stumped. Delete the printer in CUPS and configure it as Generic Postscript (without using the PPD file); it should work; It works, but only as a generic B/W printer. The problem seems to be in the cupswrappermfc9560cdw file i got when I downloaded the Debian drivers. That paths are all different and I am not really experienced enough to figure out the scripting to change it to work correctly. Maybe I can hire someone to modify the script to point to the correct locations for the files involved. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Printing using CUPS
I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD machine. CUPS detects the printer: Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW Location: Local Printer Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing) Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1 Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a self text page from CUPS. However, I cannot print a test page from within CUPS, nor can I print anything from any other application. I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try next. If there are any CUPS experts out there, please feel free to contact me off-list if you prefer. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
I have recently discovered the follow notations in my /var/log/messages log: Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper) Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' Sep 28 07:25:58 scorpio kernel: ipfw: limit 20 reached on entry 1800 Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp0' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp1' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp2' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp3' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp6' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:07 scorpio pulseaudio[6352]: pid.c: Daemon already running. Sep 28 07:28:11 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out The one that I am interested in is the last on. It never appeared before. I have tried several cold reboots but the same message appears. It must have started after a recent updating of the ports; however, I am not sure exactly when. It appears to be affecting Postfix as Postfix is running much slower than it previously did. I am open to any suggestions. I tried Googling; however, I could not find any help associated this this message. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Support for Brother products
I just got a reply back from a representative from Brother International. I had inquired about the available of device drivers for FreeBSD for their products. They currently fully support Windows, Linux and Debian. He informed me himself that he is a *nix user and understands my concerns. However, as in any business that intends to turn a profit they have to cater to known markets. While supporting *BSD is something they have been considering, they felt that there is just not enough interest in their products to make it a win-win situation. He thanked me for my inquiry and told me that if other FreeBSD users would contact him with requests for drivers suitable for FreeBSD they would seriously consider it. Therefore, if anyone is interested in contacting him, this is the e-mail address: berard.mclaugh...@brother.com -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Using RPM to extract file
I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. Perhaps someone has some advice on how to go about this. I contacted Brother in regards to this but they said they only support Windows (obviously), Linux and Debian. According to them, support for other operating systems in not being considered presently due to a lack of consumer demand and the overhead involved. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:58:08 +0200 Vaclav Kadlcik articulated: On 2011/09/21 18:19, Carmel wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. $ rpm2cpio mfc9560cdwcupswrapper-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1 ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc9560cdw ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/mfc9560cdw.ppd 85 blocks I found a nearly identical example while Googling right after I posted. It would be nice if a simple example like that were included n the man page. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2
I am thinking of using a TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with Audio TK-214i with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I presently have a Samsung 24 digital monitor and a Logitech S510 cordless keyboard mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor presently work fine on FreeBSD. I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor, etcetera mostly due to space considerations. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT) Daniel Feenberg articulated: The problem I have heard of relates to what happens if the machine boots with the KVM switched to another machine? The KVM may need to pretend there is a keyboard connected at that point. You certainly can't tell by looking at the box, but the Trendnet TK-407 I have (which is a 4-port USB KVM from the vendor you mention) works fine with FreeBSD and Windows. We haven't tested the mouse in FreeBSD. Since any USB KVM would be fairly recent, you might just want to take a chance. There is a Windows configuration utility that can be used to setup the switch. The way I figure it, if I cannot get it to work satisfactory, I can always return it. Does your switch work when X is not loaded? I have not been able to get a satisfactory answer regarding that. Someone mentioned that X has to be loaded first. That would definitely be a deal breaker. Thanks for your feedback. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Possible obsolete entries in /etc/make.conf
A while ago, at least a year or more I would guess, I saw something about placing a couple of entries in the /etc/make.conf file to correct a problem with Firefox. I am currently using Firefox-6.0.1 on FreeBSD-8.2. These are the entries I am wondering about: WITH_MOZILLA=firefox WITH_GECKO=libxul Are they still relevant, or can I just remove them. Honestly, I do not remember exactly what they do anymore, anyway. Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com If Google is all about openness, where is the public repository for the search engine? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Firefox consistently inconsistent in the playing of videos
I am trying to figure out why some video files play fine while others simply do not work at all. This would be the latest example: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance It works fine on a Windows machine with IE (no surprise there); however, using Firefox 6.0 on FreeBSD-8.2 it simply will not work. Some other videos from the same site do work correctly though. This phenomena has happened to me several times on several different sites. I have contacted a few sites to see if I could get some assistance. I was informed by the few who bothered to reply that they test their material against IE and Firefox run under Windows. One responder informed me that testing against non-windows architecture was not a viable option due to the extreme fragmentation of the non-windows community. Anyway, I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a working solution for this predicament. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
1-ClickWeather for Firefox fails under Firefox-5
I just updated to the new Firefox-5 browser. Unfortunately, the 1-ClickWeather for Firefox (Weather Channel) fails. I tried to remove and re-install the add-on but the results were the same. This is the error message: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init] nsresult: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) location: JS frame :: chrome://1clickweather/content/js/utils/filemanager.js :: TOP_LEVEL :: line 233 data: no] Apparently, this add-on works fine under MAC, Linux and Microsoft so the only this I can think of is that the problem lies with FreeBSD. I have FreeBSD-8.2/amd64 installed. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with web video
I have been fighting a losing battle trying to get video to display with Firefox. I just updated to the latest version 5;however, it still does not work. This is on a FreeBSD-8.2 system. As an example, the following URL does not display the video or even the portion where one would usually click on to start the video. http://front.moveon.org/bill-maher-if-our-policy-is-yeehaw-jesus-takes-the-wheel-were-dead-already/ This site works fine with IE-9 Windows 7, so I know it does work. As far as I can tell, I have all of the required packages installed. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Why are *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 identical on both stable standard supfiles
Just a quick question. Why are these lines identical *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 in both the standard-supfile and the stable-supfile on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 system? Shouldn't they be different, and if so, exactly what? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in detail or explain them to me yourself. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:03:57 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 13:55, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in detail or explain them to me yourself. I did not know I needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt does not please you. That seems like a lot of work for a potential zero gain. I really don't see any purpose is taking the time and a perfectly good router out of commission to just experiment. Based on the simple concept of, If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I think I will leave it alone. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org articulated: On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed up, so when replying there's no way of knowing whether or not the questioner will see a reply that only goes to the list. This is especially true of freebsd-questions. 1) I have posted several times on this list and only received CC's on two of them that I can recall. Obviously your standard is not so standard. 2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple copies of the same document. 3) Perhaps it is only me; however, most of the major lists that I employ all require a registration by the poster prior to being allowed to post. 4) I have seen several posts where the OP requested to be CC'd because they were not registered members of the list. Obviously, they were aware of the necessity of being CC'd or reading the archives in order to review any posts to their request. Now, is someone is just so plain stupid that they are not aware of that simple fact, then they are too stupid to be posting to begin with. 5) If you noticed, I asked Odhiambo very nicely not to include me in a CC. I am sure he meant well; however, the inevitable destruction of electrons in the transmission of the superfluous document could have been avoided. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:11:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail from the list. I consider not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the list a good reason to do otherwise. Chad, it is common sense thinking like that, that will inevitable get you chastised. By the way, did you notice I directed a polite, one sentence directive towards Odhiambo. Suddenly, every buttinsky crawls out of the woodwork, sans any factual input on my original post and hijacks this thread championing their own views on replying to posts. I have no problem with that as long as they start a new thread, being sure to CC each other and thereby waste their time discussing it among themselves. To hijack another thread displays no only their lack of basic posting etiquette, but their narcissism. It is a shame when individuals like, but not limited to, Maciej Milewski, Chuck Swiger, Bryan H. and even Odhiambo contribute useful information only to be over shadowed by those other morons. Absolutely pathetic. I was going to CC all those who argued so feverishly in favor of the protocol, but then common sense and plain decency got the better of me. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail from the list. I consider not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the list a good reason to do otherwise. You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies directed only to the list. It is for their benefit that that rule exists. You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who isn't on the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list. That would be why people who aren't members of the list say thinks like please CC me, while people who are members occasionally say please don't send duplicates to me. The solution to this problem is so obvious that I am amazed that no one has proposed it. Simply require the poster to be subscribed to the list. Other high quality lists, such as but not limited to Postfix have that requirement in place. If a potential poster is either too stupid or too lazy to subscribe then that is their problem. For the record, I have subscribed to lists before simple to post one question. Upon receiving an answer, I terminated my subscription. I did not feel the least bit inconvenienced. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn ? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless! Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done previously, their are scant few 802.11n wireless cards listed. The few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have Linksys WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units will have the Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on the URL listed above. At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030, 1x2 bgn (2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure if that is supported, although at the present time I don't require it since it runs Windows-7. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:19:16 -0500 Bryan H. li...@galador.org articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 17:32, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn ? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless! Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. Sorry. I hit reply-all and it CCed you. If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done previously, their are scant few 802.11n wireless cards listed. The few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have Linksys WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units will have the Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on the URL listed above. If it is not listed, there is no guarantee. At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030, 1x2 bgn (2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure if that is supported, although at the present time I don't require it since it runs Windows-7. You can get the Live DVD and test that quite easily. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org If you're just looking for a new router, I would highly recommend the Linksys WRT160NL. I got mine refurbished from Cisco's store[1], and flashed it with dd-wrt[2] (which was incredibly easy, just search for the router in dd-wrt's router database, and follow the directions), and I'm very satisfied with the performance. Perhaps my only complaint is that the wired ports are not gigabit. Not a major problem for me at the moment, but it may be a deal-breaker for you. [1] http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/outlet/Routers/linksys-WRT160NL-RM-Wirelessn_stcVVproductId89001910VVcatId543906VVviewprod.htm [2] http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index What do you gain by flashing it? I did not see anything specific mentioned. This would also undoubtedly void any guarantee on the unit I presume. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:44 + krad kra...@gmail.com articulated: [snip] a combination of time and limited resources I guess. If it bugs you that much why dont you volunteer yourself to maintain it, i'm sure that if you dont feel competent enough at present, people will help and mentor you It is part of the base system. I don't know if it has a true maintainer. In any case, I would need commit privileges which I don't and never expect to have and have no desire to acquire.. It would be nice if the powers that be would elaborate on this simple inquiry; however, I feel that is not likely to happen. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Updating OpenSSH
I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD. According to the OpenSSH page: OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix] Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version: OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011 So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD team intend to update the system OpenSSH version? I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE installed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:35:09 + Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk articulated: On 16/03/2011 13:38, Carmel wrote: I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD. According to the OpenSSH page: OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix] Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version: OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011 So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD team intend to update the system OpenSSH version? I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE installed. The version of OpenSSH shipped with any release of the OS is exceedingly unlikely to be updated within the lifetime of that release. Not unless there was a killer problem, and it turned out easier to update the whole shebang rather than just patching the problem. Why wasn't OpenSSH updated in stable/8 before 8.2-RELEASE? Good question. I don't actually know. It's quite possible that no one had sufficient spare cycles to do the work required, and that the changes between 5.4 and 5.8 were not sufficiently compelling for anyone to make the time. OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the still not released 9 version of FreeBSD? As for security vulnerabilities: did you check on the OpenSSH site? The vulnerability fixed in 5.8 (information leak in signed SSH keys) only applies to versions 5.6 and 5.7 -- that's because the whole 'signed key' thing isn't in version 5.4 at all. No, all I did was check for the current version. I can tell you that the FreeBSD Security Team is extremely efficient and would have had patches and security advisories out for this problem within a matter of hours of the OpenSSH announcement *if it had been relevant*. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:32:48 -0700 Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com articulated: On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Carmel wrote: OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the still not released 9 version of FreeBSD? Currently, no-- TRUNK has: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/crypto/openssh/version.h Revision 1.41: download - view: text, markup, annotated - select for diffs Thu Nov 11 11:46:19 2010 UTC (4 months ago) by des Branches: MAIN CVS tags: HEAD Diff to: previous 1.40: preferred, colored Changes since revision 1.40: +3 -3 lines SVN rev 215116 on 2010-11-11 11:46:19Z by des Upgrade to OpenSSH 5.6p1. Out of some sort of morbid curiosity, why would the FreeBSD developers not update to the latest version? It appears to be stable and I have not seen anything to state otherwise. There are apparently, (obviously) differences between the latest and the version presently used in FreeBSD and I assume the proposed one for the 9.x branch. Mathew alluded to that. In any case, since 9.x is not due out for a while, it would appear to me me anyways that now would be a good time to consider making the switch. Just my 2¢. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com The latest toy has just hit the shops - a talking Muslim doll. Nobody knows what the hell it says because no one's got the balls to pull the cord. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
PCRE
I have used Regexbuddy http://www.regexbuddy.com/perl.html successfully under Windows. Is there a comparable tool available in the ports system? I have not been able to locate one. Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:01:02 -0500 Nikolai Wendorf nikol...@embarqmail.com articulated: All, I was getting exactly this same error following a fresh 8.1 load Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (Illegal mode for this track) Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back the solution was explained in the gnome install FAQ - here is a clip - the devfs.conf changes fixed the problem. To figure out which CD/DVD drive you will be using, run the following command as root: # camcontrol devlist Your output will look similar to the following: QSI CDRW/DVD SBW-242 UD22 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass0) The devices in parentheses at the end are important. You must make sure the /dev entries for those devices are writable by the users that will be using brasero, totem, rhythmbox, or sound-juicer. In addition to those devices, /dev/xpt* must also be writable to your brasero, totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer users. The following /etc/devfs.conf configuration will achieve the desired results given the above devlist: permcd0 0666 permxpt00666 permpass0 0666 I made those modifications a long time ago without success. # camcontrol devlist PHILIPS DVD8801 GW02 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,cd0) Generic USB SD Reader 1.00 at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,da0) Generic USB CF Reader 1.01 at scbus2 target 0 lun 1 (pass2,da1) Generic USB SM Reader 1.02 at scbus2 target 0 lun 2 (pass3,da2) Generic USB MS Reader 1.03 at scbus2 target 0 lun 3 (pass4,da3) # cat /etc/devfs.conf snippet permcd0 0666 permacd00666 permxpt00666 permpass0 0666 permpass1 0666 permpass2 0666 permpass3 0666 permpass4 0666 -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ To err is human, but when the eraser wears out before the pencil, you're overdoing it a little. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which OS for notebook
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:44:17 +0200 Gonzalo Nemmi gne...@gmail.com articulated: On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Leandro F Silva fsilvalean...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ? Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc.. Thank you ! Linux Mandriva 2010 on my notebook (Dell 1318) and Mandriva 2010.1 on my netbook (Compaq mini CQ10-120LA) ... I need ACPI to work as expected and no BSD can give me that, and the same goes for wireless cards support .. forget bout bluetotth ... besides, dumping a Linux .iso image in a USB stick to give it a go on my notebook/netbook to try it out before installing was incredibly more easy than doing so with BSD images as most major Linux distributions provide Win/Linux GUI tools to do so (The Mandriva tool will ask you to select an .iso image and a USB ... point, click, you are done ... Fedoras tool will even allow you to create a a separate partition on the same USB device to store your files should you choose not to install the OS). Linux (as much as I don´t like it) is years ahead of BSD´s in that regards ... And, oh yeah .. native UTF-8 tty´s and KVM make a huge difference. FreeBSD has been relegated to my desktop (which I have come to use only ocassionally, and servers). Best Regards Gonzalo Nemmi I have been tooling around with FreeBSD for a year or so now and I find it incredible that there is virtually no support for modern hardware; i.e., drivers for 'N' protocol devices. That one factor alone, and there are others, precludes me from seriously thinking about installing FreeBSD on a new laptop. The one PC that I have FreeBSD installed on is connected via Ethernet cable to my LAN. Once that PC is replaced by year's end with a more powerful, and wireless enabled unit, I am afraid my experiment with FreeBSD will come to a close. At present it certainly will not support the wireless card installed, and I am not even sure if it will support all of the other hardware either. I realize that at this point someone will inevitably chime in and play the blame the manufacturers whine. If that were factually correct, then no one else would be able to supply drivers and support for hardware that FreeBSD has left orphaned. The bottom line is that FreeBSD, if it is to continue to be considered a viable alternative operating system, must stay current in today's market. Many posts that I have viewed on other forums seem to feel that FreeBSD is sadly, whether do to bad choices such as those related to GPL licenses, or failure to properly gage today's market trends, is slipping into an abyss. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
IPFW firewall and TCP ports
While perusing my Apache httpd-error.log, I noticed a large number of attempts to access my phpmyadmin directory, as well as a few less know others. Most of these probes originated from China. Since I have no legitimate business dealing with that region, I decided to create a table in my IPFW firewall to block them. This is an example: ## IPFW Firewall Rules # Set rules command prefix cmd=ipfw -q add # public interface name of NIC facing the public Internet pif=nfe0 # Lets start by listing known bad IP addresses and blocking them. We # will put them into a table for easier handling. ipfw -q table 1 add 60.0.0.0/8 ipfw -q table 1 add 61.0.0.0/8 $cmd set 1 deny log all from table\(1\) to any in via $pif The above is the first entry in my rules file. I know that IPFW is working since I have blocked other ports for other services and it has worked correctly. The problem is that these IPs are not being blocked. I continue to see them listed in the httpd-error.log. I have rebooted my machine and therefore am quite certain that these rules are being loaded. The problem is that I probably do not understand how to properly block an IP or range of IPs from accessing my web server correctly. I would really appreciate any assistance. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 02:03:28 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de articulated: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 19:46:08 -0400, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:49:16 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de articulated: Have you tried mounting using the ATAPI driver? # mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt Does this work for data CDs? I get this error message: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument This seems to show that there's no ISO-9660 file system on the (data) CD, or the session is not finished, or any other problem on file system level. Can you check % file - /dev/acd0 % cdcontrol info Here's an example for the output for a data CD: % file - /dev/acd0 /dev/stdin: ISO 9660 CD-ROM filesystem data 'FreeBSD_Install' (bootable) % cdcontrol info Starting track = 1, ending track = 1, TOC size = 18 bytes track start duration block length type - 1 0:02.00 57:57.56 0 260831 data 170 57:59.56 - 260831 - - And for an audio CD: % file - /dev/acd0 /dev/stdin: ERROR: cannot read `(null)' (Invalid argument) % cdcontrol info Starting track = 1, ending track = 18, TOC size = 154 bytes track start duration block length type - 1 0:02.00 3:31.03 0 15828 audio 2 3:33.03 2:52.67 15828 12967 audio ... 17 52:24.53 7:27.30 235703 33555 audio 18 59:52.08 2:48.67 269258 12667 audio 170 62:41.00 - 281925 - - Do you get the same results for the respective CD content types? I made some file permission changes, rebooted and made sure that the changes were static, and then ran a few test. The cdcontrol program will not play a CDROM although it claims it is. I can play an audio CD from within KDE; however, it is like pulling teeth to accomplish it. Way too much trouble. MPlayer cannot access the audio CD naively. DATA CDs are another story. I cannot mount them. Using a data CD: # file - /dev/acd0 /dev/stdin: ERROR: cannot read `(null)' (Input/output error) # file - /dev/cd0 /dev/stdin: ERROR: cannot read `(null)' (Invalid argument) # cdcontrol info cdcontrol: getting toc header: Invalid argument cdcontrol: Invalid argument With an audio CD: # file - /dev/acd0 /dev/stdin: ERROR: cannot read `(null)' (Invalid argument) # file - /dev/cd0 /dev/stdin: ERROR: cannot read `(null)' (Device not configured) # cdcontrol info Starting track = 1, ending track = 3, TOC size = 34 bytes track start duration block length type - 1 0:02.00 6:32.00 0 29400 audio 2 6:34.00 3:55.12 29400 17637 audio 3 10:29.12 3:42.23 47037 16673 audio 170 14:11.35 - 63710 - - Finally, just trying a mount command from the command line: $ sudo mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument $ sudo mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0: Device not configured This is getting to be far more trouble and wasting way too much time than it is worth. I can just put the CDs in one of my Windows machines and then transfer the data over the network to the FreeBSD units. What is strange is that this use to work before I upgraded. By the way, Polytropon, please do not CC me. I am on the list and I really do not need two copies of every post. Others may appreciate it; however, I don't. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to access CDROM device to play music
I am using FreeBSD 8.1 / amd64 with Platform Version 4.5.1 (KDE 4.5.1) if that matters.Before updating my system to FreeBSD 8.1 / amd64, I had the 7.3 /32 bit version installed. I completely erased the HD prior to installed the newer version so as to eliminate any accumulated garbage that might be hanging around. Previously, I was able to play CD Audio files without any problem. The cdcontrol program worked fine and I was able to play music files while using KDE using its audio player. I now find that I can no-longer achieve that goal. When I place an audio CD into the PC, this error message is displayed: (It will probably wrap) Unable to mount Audio Disc DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) This is from the system log: (Sorry, but it will probably line wrap) Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (Illegal mode for this track) Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back I am at a loss here. I don't believe I made any radical changes from the configuration I was using in my older FreeBSD installation. I might add that MPlayer cannot see the drive either; although, it use to work fine. This problem exists whether KDE is running or not. The cdcontrol player will open and close the door on the device; however, no sound is emitted. Normal 'notification' sounds are emitted so I know the speakers, etc. are working correctly. The KDE start-up notifications works just fine. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:51:16 + Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com articulated: what is mixer output? what sound driver are you using? From the kernel file: ## SOUND device sound # Install sound driver support device snd_hda # nVidia MCP51 sound driver Via mixer: $ mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 90:90 Mixer pcm is currently set to 42:45 Mixer speaker is currently set to 100:100 Mixer line is currently set to 100:100 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 100:100 Mixer mix is currently set to 0:0 Mixer rec is currently set to 75:75 Mixer igainis currently set to 0:0 Recording source: mic Via pciconf -lv hd...@pci0:3:0:1: class=0x040300 card=0x chip=0x0be210de rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'NVIDIA Corporation' class = multimedia subclass = HDA I attached the dmesg output. I don't know if that works on this list or not. I can always supply if separately. What bugs me is that this use to work before I upgraded my system. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Copyright (c) 1992-2010 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0: Wed Sep 22 21:21:36 EDT 2010 ger...@cyborg.creedmoor.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CYBORG amd64 Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (2009.16-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = AuthenticAMD Id = 0x40fb2 Family = f Model = 4b Stepping = 2 Features=0x178bfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT Features2=0x2001SSE3,CX16 AMD Features=0xea500800SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow! AMD Features2=0x1fLAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8 real memory = 4294967296 (4096 MB) avail memory = 4084535296 (3895 MB) ACPI APIC Table: Nvidia AWRDACPI FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2 ioapic0 Version 1.1 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 acpi0: Nvidia AWRDACPI on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) acpi0: reservation of 0, a (3) failed acpi0: reservation of 10, bfef (3) failed Timecounter ACPI-fast frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: 24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0 cpu0: ACPI CPU on acpi0 cpu1: ACPI CPU on acpi0 acpi_button0: Power Button on acpi0 pcib0: ACPI Host-PCI bridge port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: ACPI PCI bus on pcib0 pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.0 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.1 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.2 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.3 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.4 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.5 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.6 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 0.7 (no driver attached) pcib1: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 2.0 on pci0 pci1: ACPI PCI bus on pcib1 pcib2: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 3.0 on pci0 pci2: ACPI PCI bus on pcib2 pcib3: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 4.0 on pci0 pci3: ACPI PCI bus on pcib3 vgapci0: VGA-compatible display port 0xbc00-0xbc7f mem 0xfb00-0xfbff,0xd000-0xdfff,0xee00-0xefff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3 nvidia0: GeForce GT 220 on vgapci0 vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io nvidia0: [ITHREAD] hdac0: NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci3 hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20100226_0142 hdac0: [ITHREAD] pci0: memory, RAM at device 9.0 (no driver attached) isab0: PCI-ISA bridge at device 10.0 on pci0 isa0: ISA bus on isab0 pci0: serial bus, SMBus at device 10.1 (no driver attached) pci0: memory, RAM at device 10.2 (no driver attached) ohci0: OHCI (generic) USB controller mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02 irq 21 at device 11.0 on pci0 ohci0: [ITHREAD] usbus0: OHCI (generic) USB controller on ohci0 ehci0: EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller mem 0xfe02e000-0xfe02e0ff irq 22 at device 11.1 on pci0 ehci0: [ITHREAD] usbus1: EHCI version 1.0 usbus1: EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller on ehci0 atapci0: nVidia nForce MCP51 UDMA133 controller port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xf400-0xf40f at device 13.0 on pci0 ata0: ATA channel 0 on atapci0 ata0: [ITHREAD] ata1: ATA channel 1 on atapci0 ata1: [ITHREAD] atapci1: nVidia nForce MCP51 SATA300 controller port 0x9f0-0x9f7,0xbf0-0xbf3,0x970-0x977,0xb70-0xb73,0xe000-0xe00f mem 0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff irq 23 at device 14.0 on pci0 atapci1: [ITHREAD] ata2: ATA channel 0 on atapci1 ata2: [ITHREAD
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:28:13 -0400 Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org articulated: If X isn't running, what does cdcontrol do? Nothing. It will open or close the tray, but that is about it. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:31:39 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de articulated: On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:09:23 -0400, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I am using FreeBSD 8.1 / amd64 with Platform Version 4.5.1 (KDE 4.5.1) if that matters.Before updating my system to FreeBSD 8.1 / amd64, I had the 7.3 /32 bit version installed. I completely erased the HD prior to installed the newer version so as to eliminate any accumulated garbage that might be hanging around. Previously, I was able to play CD Audio files without any problem. The cdcontrol program worked fine and I was able to play music files while using KDE using its audio player. I now find that I can no-longer achieve that goal. When I place an audio CD into the PC, this error message is displayed: (It will probably wrap) Unable to mount Audio Disc DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus) You cannot mount audio CDs. The important lines from your system log are: acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 SCSI status: Check Condition SCSI sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (Illegal mode for this track) This seems to indicate that the CD cannot be read. Can it be read with a different drive? Maybe the drive is faulty. Or the media is. Can you check the media in a hardware CD player? I have tries several different disks, all with the same results. These CDs work fine on my Windows machines. I used information at URL: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/creating-cds.html 18.6.9 Using the ATAPI/CAM Driver This worked fine on my previous version of FreeBSD. Now, entering the command: mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt Gets me this error message: mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0: Input/output error I am at a loss here. I don't believe I made any radical changes from the configuration I was using in my older FreeBSD installation. First of all, HAL seems to be interfering. To check, make sure HAL is not running, then do cdcontrol play 1. Have the mixer program push all volumes up. I might add that MPlayer cannot see the drive either; although, it use to work fine. In how far does mplayer see a drive? MPlayer cannot play a file from a CD because it never finds a CD to use. It did work previously. This problem exists whether KDE is running or not. The cdcontrol player will open and close the door on the device; however, no sound is emitted. Does the drive have a phones connector at the front? Does it maybe play from there? Playing audio CDs is a feature of drives that does not neccessarily need CPU / system attention (except for starting the playback by a drive command). Are you accessing the drive by ATAPI or ATAPICAM? ATAPICAM Normal 'notification' sounds are emitted so I know the speakers, etc. are working correctly. The KDE start-up notifications works just fine. So no problem on this side. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:49:16 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de articulated: Have you tried mounting using the ATAPI driver? # mount -o ro -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt Does this work for data CDs? I get this error message: mount_cd9660: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
IPFW with MAC address configuration
I am trying to set up a rule using IPFW that utilizes a MAC address rather than an IP one. ipfw -q allow log tcp from MAC 00-14-A4-43-8E-BA to me 137 in via nfe0 setup keep-state Would that work, assuming the machine I want to allow access has that MAC address? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
GUI for ACL
I am looking for a GUI to manage ACL's. I have heard about Eiciel; however, I was told it only works with 'nautilus'. I was looking for a stand alone type of program if one was available. I am presently using KDE for a desktop if that makes any difference. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Simulate CRON
I saw a posting here months ago regarding a way to simulate running a script under CRON. I wrote it down and now cannot find it. Googling has not proved very useful either. I just cannot remember the program name. I hope I am explaining this sanely enough. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | THE DAILY PLANET SUPERMAN SAVES DESSERT! Plans to Eat it later ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Simulate CRON
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:41:19 +0530 Amitabh Kant amitabhk...@gmail.com articulated: On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I saw a posting here months ago regarding a way to simulate running a script under CRON. I wrote it down and now cannot find it. Googling has not proved very useful either. I just cannot remember the program name. I hope I am explaining this sanely enough. Are you looking for a cron syntax check? If yes, then this site should be of some help: http://www.hxpi.com/cron_sandbox.php No, sorry. There was a command or program, I forgot which, that would allow a user to run a program under another environment, similar to the environment that a script under CRON would be running under. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | We're living in a golden age. All you need is gold. D. W. Robertson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Simulate CRON
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:55:34 -0400 Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com articulated: Are you possibly talking about a jail? Sorry, no. I am going to try searching the questions archives and perhaps come up with it. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Carson's Consolation: Nothing is ever a complete failure. It can always be used as a bad example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Archive Server Error
I am/was attempting to search the archive located at: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ Unfortunately, I am continually greeted with this error message: quote Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, w...@freebsd.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. /quote Is this a known problem or am I just doing something stupid? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Archive Server Error
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:46:55 -0300 (ADT) A. Wright and...@qemg.org articulated: On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 14/06/2010 13:21:40, Carmel wrote: I am/was attempting to search the archive located at: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ Unfortunately, I am continually greeted with this error message: [ error message deleted ] Works for me. Try again. If you still see the problem, it's possible your browser has cached the error page and isn't really going back to the site at all. Try quitting and restarting your browser. Interesting. Archive search hasn't worked for me for weeks, with the same 500 error returned. Not a cache issue; clearing/restarting has no effect, and I have seen the issue on several machines/browsers (FBSD/links, Mac/Firefox, Mac/Safari). I'm wondering about firewall/proxy -- I'll give it a whirl when off-site later today. I just tried from a different computer using a different web browser with the same results. I was wondering about this notation on the page though: Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. Is there any specific reason that the archive has not been re-index in over three years? I don't remember the date of the post I wasx referring to, so that could become a rather long process. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Spelling is a lossed art. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Configuring IP for USB network device
I am undoubtedly doing something very wrong here. I downloaded a driver
for a Ralink2870 chip and installed it. Seems to work fine.
I placed this in my '/etc/rc.conf' file:
### Wireless ###
wlans_rt28700=wlan0
ifconfig_wlan0=DHCP WPA
This was all ready there:
ifconfig_nfe0=DHCP
---
From the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file:
# allow frontend (e.g., wpa_cli) to be used by all users in 'wheel'
group
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel
# # home network; allow all valid ciphers
network={
ssid=MyNET
#psk=SECRET
psk=
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
--
Now, when I insert the USB Network adapter and run ifconfig, this is
the output:
fwe0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
options=8VLAN_MTU
ether 02:00:0a:65:1e:1b
ch 1 dma -1
fwip0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
lladdr 0.0.a.e6.ff.65.1e.1b.a.2.ff.fe.0.0.0.0
nfe0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu
1500 options=8VLAN_MTU
ether 00:19:21:5d:34:de
inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
rt28700: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0
mtu 2290 ether 00:1e:e5:ea:35:65
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11ng
status: associated
wlan0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu
1500 ether 00:1e:e5:ea:35:65
inet 208.68.139.38 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 208.68.139.38
inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 255.255.255.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernetunknown subtype
status: associated
ssid MyNET channel 6 (2437 Mhz 11g ht/40-) bssid
00:1a:70:fb:fb:d2 country US authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey
UNDEF txpower 0 bmiss 7 scanvalid 450 bgscan bgscanintvl 300
bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi 7 roam:rate 64 protmode CTS ampdulimit
32k ampdudensity 8 shortgi wme burst roaming MANUAL
I cannot figure out why or how it is getting the address: 208.68.139.38
It should be using 192.168.1.104 or something in that range.
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Unable to start XFCE4 after update
(**) Option XkbRules base (**) USB Receiver: XkbRules: base (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) USB Receiver: XkbModel: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) USB Receiver: XkbLayout: us (**) Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) USB Receiver: XkbOptions: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) Option CustomKeycodes off (**) USB Receiver: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device USB Receiver (type: KEYBOARD) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events (**) Option Protocol standard (**) AT Keyboard: Protocol: standard (**) Option XkbRules base (**) AT Keyboard: XkbRules: base (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) AT Keyboard: XkbModel: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) AT Keyboard: XkbLayout: us (**) Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) AT Keyboard: XkbOptions: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) Option CustomKeycodes off (**) AT Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device AT Keyboard (type: KEYBOARD) (II) UnloadModule: mouse (II) UnloadModule: kbd (II) UnloadModule: kbd I have no idea how to get this machine back up and running, which I have to do before Monday morning. I am even stuck using a Windows PC to send e-mail to this forum. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 07:39:05 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote: On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but otherwise will start maybe half the time? Once started, xfce seems to work fine. Sorry, I cannot get it to start at all. I tried over a dozen times. The XFCE screen briefly appears, then crashes. The following core files are created in my home directory: xfce4-panel.core xfce4-session.core This is the output I trapped when attempting to start xfce4: Script started on Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.serverauth.5109 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority X.Org X Server 1.7.5 Release Date: 2010-02-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64 Current Operating System: FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Apr 17 22:25:11 EDT 2010 ger...@scorpio.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCORPIO amd64 Build Date: 01 May 2010 07:27:12PM Current version of pixman: 0.16.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf record: RECORD extension enabled at configure time. record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now.. record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500 /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 stdin:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those stdin:2:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #or stdin:3:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft stdin:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft xrdb: Xft.hinting on line 9 overrides entry on line 6 xrdb: Xft.hintstyle on line 11 overrides entry on line 7 Agent pid 5142 xfdesktop[5164]: starting up process 5150: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace [01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)[0m [01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0[0m Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. (xfwm4:5158): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager Abort trap (core dumped) Agent pid 5142 killed (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager. waiting for X server to shut down xfce4-settings-helper: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. hp-systray: Fatal IO error: client killed Script done on Sun May 2 11:05:34 2010 -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 02 May 2010 11:13:37 -0400 Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010 07:39:05 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote: On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but otherwise will start maybe half the time? Once started, xfce seems to work fine. Sorry, I cannot get it to start at all. I tried over a dozen times. The XFCE screen briefly appears, then crashes. The following core files are created in my home directory: xfce4-panel.core xfce4-session.core This is the output I trapped when attempting to start xfce4: Script started on Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.serverauth.5109 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority X.Org X Server 1.7.5 Release Date: 2010-02-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64 Current Operating System: FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Apr 17 22:25:11 EDT 2010 ger...@scorpio.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCORPIO amd64 Build Date: 01 May 2010 07:27:12PM Current version of pixman: 0.16.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf record: RECORD extension enabled at configure time. record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now.. record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500 /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 stdin:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those stdin:2:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #or stdin:3:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft stdin:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft xrdb: Xft.hinting on line 9 overrides entry on line 6 xrdb: Xft.hintstyle on line 11 overrides entry on line 7 Agent pid 5142 xfdesktop[5164]: starting up process 5150: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace [01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)[0m [01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0[0m Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. (xfwm4:5158): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager Abort trap (core dumped) Agent pid 5142 killed (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager. waiting for X server to shut down xfce4-settings-helper: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. hp-systray: Fatal IO error: client killed Script done on Sun May 2 11:05:34 2010 OK, I really hate answering my own post
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:46:13 +0200 Tijl t...@coosemans.org articulated: [snip] Have you tested in between those and it only started to work after libICE? Or did you rebuild all in one go? Actually, first I rebuilt 'dbus' and rebooted the system. No success. Then I rebuilt xfce4-panel and xfce4-settings and attempted to start Xfce4 without success. Finally, I rebuilt libICE as described above, rebooted the system and started Xfce4 successfully. I think the key is to delete the package before attempting to build/install it. It might be picking up an old lib or some such think. Lately that seems to be a common problem. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Anybody who doesn't cut his speed at the sight of a police car is probably parked. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 11:06:55 -0600 (MDT) Warren wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: Just tried those here, rebuilding each and rebooting before testing, and still have the problem. The shotgun approach of 'portupgrade -rf libxfce4gui' didn't help, either. Did you delete the old port before attempting to build it? I think that the problem lies there. Then again, I have been known to be wrong! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead. Lord Thomas Rober Dewar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 11:24:13 -0600 (MDT) Warren wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I pkg_deleted all three, rebuilt libICE (because it's a requirement for xfce4-settings) and then the other two... and it still has the problem. I rebuilt the other two first since they were listed earlier in the error message. I really do not think it would make any difference though. This is on a FreeBSD-8/amd64 system. If I could not get it to work, I was going to do a complete delete of the XFCE4 package: pkg_delete -dfv xfce-4.6.1_2 and then attempt to reinstall the port. I did rebuild 'dbus' although I doubt that it had anything to do with this problem. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Troubles are like babies; they only grow by nursing. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Driver for Belkin F5D9050 V 4000
I am trying to get a Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMI USB Network Adapter, version 4000 to work. I contacted Belkin, and they gave me the following information: The chipset used in a adapter F5D9050 V 4000 is Ralink RT2671F, RT2528L (RT73). I have not been able locate a driver for that chipset. Does anyone else have that particular USB device working or know where I can locate a driver for it? I have FreeBSD-8, amd64 installed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Configuring IPFW IP range [FreeBSD-questions] {offlist}
On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:11:42 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com articulated: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Apr 4 08:12:11 2010 Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 09:11:47 -0400 From: Carmel NY carmel...@hotmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Configuring IPFW IP range This is my first attempt at configuring IPFW. I have it up and running; however, I am not quite sure how to accomplish configuring it to block an IP range. Assume an IP range: 219.128.0.0 to 219.137.255.255 That is an actual range: CHINANET Guangdong province network I want to block the entire range. I am not sure how to do it in IPFW. I have read the 'man' pages; however, I am not getting the syntax correct since I cannot get the range added. CIDR ranges have to: (a) start on a 'power of 2' address, (b) be a 'power of two' in size, and (c) be no larger than the 'power of 2' factor for the starting address. This range is _not_ that way [fails (b)], so you'll have to do it with multiple entries. i.e., one for 219.128.0.0/13 which will catch 219.128.0.0 - 219.135.255.255 and a 2nd for 219.136.0.0/15 which will catch 219.136.0.0 - 219.137.255.255 Life can get messier, when rule 3 comes into play, consider the block 219.130.0.0 to 219.139.255.255 219.130.0.0 is on a /15 boundary, so that's the max block size you can use for tht starting address. 219.130.0.0/15 catches 219.130.0.0 - 219.131.255.255 next, you can start with 219.132.0.0, which is a /14, and block a /14 wth 219.132.0.0/14 catches 219.132.0.0 - 219.135.255.255 now, 219.136.0.0 is a /13 so you could block that big with just more rule, if needed, (BUT, you only need another /14, to cover the remainder of the group of 10 /16s that the initial block includes. thus, lastly: 219.136.0.0/14 catches 219.136.0.0 - 219.139.255.255 Thanks! It was suggested that I try 'ipcalc' by another poster. I did, and it works excellently. In any case, I do have to familiarize myself more fully with IP addressing. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
